World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Thomas Whalan
Forename(s):
Thomas
Surname:
Whalan
Initial(s):
T
Service Number:
28567
Rank:
Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Regiment:
Royal Air Force, Acklington
Died:
23/05/1918
Aged:
36
Buried:
Greystoke (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Cumbria
Service History:
The UK, Royal Air Force Muster Roll, 1918 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) gives Whalan's muster date as 15 May 1916.
Background:
Born 1882 , at Longton, Staffordshire.
The 1911 Census recorded Whalan living at 24 Triangle, near Halifax, Yorkshire with his wife, Elizabeth Annas & two sons - Stanley & Samuel - employed as a Domestic Coachman.
At the time of his death Elizabeth Annas Whalan lived at Bank House, Acklington, Northumberland (formerly of Greystoke, Cumberland).
(Source: 'Portraits of War...'; Edited & compiled by June Watson; Wildgoose Press; 2016; p. 106)
Local Memorial:
Acklington, St. John the Divine Church
